Thread: Big Blue Hands 700 ‘Fresher’ Indian Engineers Pink Slips

Big Blue Hands 700 ‘Fresher’ Indian Engineers Pink Slips


Posted: Feb. 2, 2008
Updated: Feb. 2 7:30 p.m.

Research Triangle Park — IBM’s full-throttle drive to hire thousands of tech workers across India has hit a major speed bump.

Some 700 first-year engineers, or “freshers,â€

Good. They have been gutting engineering opportunities for Americans.

Ephesians 4:32

Being in the High Tech / Computer Industry all my life, and having watched many-many people loose their jobs, and even experienced a couple of “downsizingsâ€

Yeah, the karma is coming back to them. They would always come onto our job hunting boards and insult us, and Azim Premji, head of WIPRO still goes around saying that the only Americans losing their jobs to Indians are the ones who were about to be fired anyway. Now THEY are complaining about a dented reputation. Over on Immigration Voice they had a recession thread where they were all worrying about what to do and how they would pay their bills. When we were worrying about that, all they'd do is insult us and tell us to compete. They've been manipulating the rupee, but it might cross the 39/1 barrier soon. They're already hurting, and I remember reading where if it gets to 35/33-1 their party is over as far as we are concerned.

[quote="MadInChicago"]Being in the High Tech / Computer Industry all my life, and having watched many-many people loose their jobs, and even experienced a couple of “downsizingsâ€

And, I'd just throw in the reminder that, many of these large corps that put most of the eggs into the 'lets just do more outsourcing' "basket" have since scared many of their competent US workers away. Now that many of these former workers have gone off to 'retirement' or to another field, the companies have planted a bitter seed with the US worker pool - don't expect your disenfranchised (but skilled) engineers to line up to submit themselves to servitude.

Also, the overall 'favorability' by younger people considering high-tech/IT as a career option have seen the progression of all this and have increasingly said 'No thanks'. Many big IT/high-tech companies have soiled their own 'beds' but are now finding they will have to sleep in them.
Good Night!

Originally Posted by PhredE

And, I'd just throw in the reminder that, many of these large corps that put most of the eggs into the 'lets just do more outsourcing' "basket" have since scared many of their competent US workers away. Now that many of these former workers have gone off to 'retirement' or to another field, the companies have planted a bitter seed with the US worker pool - don't expect your disenfranchised (but skilled) engineers to line up to submit themselves to servitude.

Also, the overall 'favorability' by younger people considering high-tech/IT as a career option have seen the progression of all this and have increasingly said 'No thanks'. Many big IT/high-tech companies have soiled their own 'beds' but are now finding they will have to sleep in them.
Good Night!

Correct!

I believe it is called [b]“American Business taking stock in Americaâ€